Zoo

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Product Description Welcome to Zoo. In order to survive, you have 5 choices. This collection of shocking, unpredictable stories features the first screen adaptation of author Otsuichi's works. Working with five different directors, Zoo features five stories (four live-action, one animated) of fear, sadness and pain. Kazari and Yoko: The mother of twin sisters, Kazari and Yoko, loves only one of her daughters, and abuses the other. When the abused tries to break free, things take shocking turns. Seven Rooms: One day, a young boy and his older sister find themselves trapped in a small, concrete room. There are seven rooms in all, each containing a different prisoner. On the sixth day, everyone will be massacred. Can they survive? When the Sun Shines: CG animation about a unique man learning about life and death in a world where most of humanity has already died out. So Far: A young boy's father is convinced that his mother is dead. The mother is convinced the father is dead. The boy is the only person that both father and mother can see. Zoo: A man kills a woman at an abandoned zoo and takes pictures of her dead body everyday. Then suddenly the zoo is gone and the line between reality and fantasy becomes blurred. Special Features: Making of So Far and Seven Rooms, Trailers, TV spots. Languages: Japanese with English subtitles. Review Unpredictable and miles better than many of the Japanese scary tales of terror and horror that have actually been released in the States. --Blackholereviews.blogspot.comLike one of the old Amicus anthologies from the '60s/'70s, Zoo takes the popular short story collection by Otsu-ichi and turns five of its installments into very interesting mini-motion pictures... this insightful horror omnibus deserves any serious fright fans attention. --DVD TalkUnknown gems like this need significantly more recognition. --Ryan's Movie Reviews P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director Otsuichi published his first works while still in high school. Before the age of 30, he had become one of Japan's most respected writers of genre fiction. Under the unusual pen name of Otsu-ichi (based on a symbol taken from a favorite handheld device), Hirotaka Adachi has created a fictional canon everything from novels to manga that utilize the standard elements of horror to explore personal, social and even political issues. Zoo represents the first time that Otsu-ichi's works have been adapted for film, and after watching the five fascinating films collected here, it's clear that the future is very bright for this novel new voice in Asian macabre. See more